WEBVTT KEELE: YES, BRIAN, BURLINGTONPOLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THESUSPECT.HE IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE,LATE 40'S OR EARLY 50'S WITHGRAY HAIR DRIVING ALIGHT-COLORED SEDAN.HE ATTACK ADD WOMAN IN THISNEIGHBORHOOD.BURLINGTON POLICE RESPONDINGHERE AT 2:30 ON SUNDAY MORNING.IT WAS THE ENTER SAYS OF NORTHSTREET AND NORTH UNION.A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TOLD THEMSHE WAS WALKING ON NORTH STREETAFTER LEAVING A FRIEND'S.A MAN GRABBED HER AND TRIED TOPULL HER INTO HIS CAR.POLICE SAY SHE FOUGHT HIM OFFAND SCREAMED GETTING THEATTENTION OF OTHERS IN THE AREA.THE MAN LET HER GO AND DROVEOFF.>> SHE WAS PUSHING.SHE WAS SCREAMING.SHOW WAS YELLING.SHE GOT FREE.SHE RAN OFF.THAT IS A RESPONSE WE WOULD WANTANYONE BEING GRABBED OR ATTACKEDBY SOMEBODY.>> THE LIEUTENANT SAID THESITUATIONS DO NOT HAPPENFREQUENTLY.THEY ARE TAKING THIS VERYSERIOUSLY.ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR WHOMAY HAVE HER THE SCREAMS ONSUNDAY MORNING ARE ASKED TO CALLBURLINGTON POLICE.I WILL HAVE MORE AT 6:00.

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Just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, a 28-year-old woman was walking down North Street in Burlington's Old North End when a man grabbed her and tried to pull her into his car.

“She was upset and scared,” said Lt. Michael Warren, with the Burlington Police Department.

“It appeared he was kind of fumbling around in the back of his car making it look like he was trying to do something with his car. But he was really specifically waiting for this person to walk by so he could turn around and follow,” Warren said.

Burlington police rushed to the neighborhood to investigate but don’t know if she was his specific target.

“We don’t have any information to say specifically that it was her. It could have been a completely random thing,“ Warren said.

Warren said the woman fought off the attacker and screamed, which got the attention of others nearby.

The man then let her go and took off.

“She was pushing and screaming and yelling and she was able to get free and then run off. That is the response we would want,” Warren said.

“We want to make sure that there are no barriers for someone to take this course and so that’s why we offer it for free. But the great part about RAD is once you’ve taken RAD, you can take it for free for the rest of your life,” Wrinn said.

Wrinn said that other agencies around Chittenden County offer them too.

“Local police departments, all of the colleges offer it -- St. Michael’s, UVM, Champlain College,” she said.

Warren added that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

There are two events this week focusing on that and on self-defense.

One will be held by Hope Works on Wednesday along with their “Take Back the Night” rally.